GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |